In this paper, we study declines in women's labor force participation by race and ethnicity as well as the presence of children. We find that increases in labor force exits were larger for Black women, Latinas, and women living with children. In particular, we find larger increases in...

Using the confidential Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data from 2018 to 2021, we estimate differences in denial rates for conventional 30-year mortgage applications for home purchases between racial and ethnic groups. Our baseline specification finds that Black applicants are 2.8 percentage...